BOOM TOWN : Ketchikan in the 1950s
Title:
Breakthrough!
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
At 3:15 p.m. on February 15, 1954, tunnel workers broke through the final rock barrier. For the first time, it was possible to see all the way through the emerging tunnel.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.815
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